NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 vs AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104 and AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 76% lower typical power consumption: 170 Watt vs 300 Watt

Launch date	1 Sep 2021 vs 28 Oct 2020
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt vs 300 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Around 38% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Around 27% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1777 MHz
3.3x more texture fill rate: 648.0 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Around 29% higher pipelines: 4608 vs 3584
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 12 GB
Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Around 85% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3693 vs 1996
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1021 vs 959
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 24985 vs 16898

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Boost clock speed	2250 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Texture fill rate	648.0 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	4608 vs 3584
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3693 vs 1996
PassMark - G2D Mark	1021 vs 959
PassMark - G3D Mark	24985 vs 16898

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1996

3693

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

959

1021

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

16898

24985

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1996	3693
PassMark - G2D Mark	959	1021
PassMark - G3D Mark	16898	24985
Geekbench - OpenCL		153571
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		578.52
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		52.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		291.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2700.97
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3374
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3374

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GA104	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 2.0
Code name	GA104	Navi 21
Launch date	1 Sep 2021	28 Oct 2020
Launch price (MSRP)	$329	$649
Place in performance rating	69	68
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	2250 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	1825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)	1296 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)	41.47 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	12.74 TFLOPS	20.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3584	4608
Pixel fill rate	85.30 GPixel/s	288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.0 GTexel/s	648.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	170 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million	26800 million
Compute units		72
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	242 mm (9.5 inches)	267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	2x 8-pin
Width	112 mm (4.4 inches)	120 mm (4.7 inches)
Height		50 mm (2 inches)
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.2
OpenCL	2.0	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.5	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	360 GB/s	512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6